Arts & Culture

Discover All Things Regional in Central PA’s art and culture scene. Join hosts Cary Burkett and Joe Ulrich as they make artistic discoveries throughout the midstate. From music and visual arts to theatre, museums, literature and more! Listen every Wednesday and Friday on witf 89.5 and 93.3 for features highlighting the best and brightest cultural happenings in the region.

"We couldn't think of a better leader to honor," says filmmaker Tim Gray, chairman of the World War II Foundation. "Dick Winters led men from the front. He combined leadership qualities with concern for the well-being of his troops. His troops would tell you he's a guy that they would have followed into hell, because they realized if they followed him, they would have a chance to live."

The documentary includes never-before-seen interviews with Winters, as he discusses the qualities needed to be leader and his relationship with the people of France.

Winters became the leader of E "Easy" Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, when his commanding officer was killed during the D-Day invasion. He led an attack at Brecourt Manor, near Utah Beach to destroy a battery of German artillery. The successful assault is credited for helping to clear the way for American forces landing on the beach. For his actions, Winters received the nation's second-highest military honor, the Distinguished Service Cross.

Tickets are $10, with proceeds going to the Leadership Award at Winters' alma mater, Franklin & Marshall College, and the World War II Foundation.